Mickey Z. 's items

Counting sea gulls (Mickey Z.)

Dec. 17, 2008 (World News Trust) -- It’s early November. I’m checking my mail when I decide to stand in front of my apartment building for a little air: Astoria, Queens, New York City, USA air.

If Obama coached the Knicks (Mickey Z.)

Dec. 10, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Barack Obama just might be the Mike D’Antoni of national politics.

Obama Conspiracy (Mickey Z.)

Dec. 8, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Mr. G.B. Shaw sez: “I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation.” With that concept in mind, I’ll remind you of something I said in a recent interview, r ...

Obama and the 2076 election (Mickey Z.)

Before we get to 2076, first things first: Hail Obama, our brilliant, articulate, eloquent, half-black savior and prince.

Woody Guthrie: A little recession music, please (Mickey Z.)

Dec. 4, 2008 (World News Trust) -- If you were to open your mouth and belt out the words “this land is your land,” you could rest assured that someone nearby would add: “this land is my land.” The ch ...

Obama exploits liberal denial (Mickey Z.)

Dec. 4, 2008 (World News Trust) -- By now, we should expect the soft Left (and more than a few radicals) to gleefully guzzle the Democrat Kool Aid every four years. In 2004, it was Anybody-But-Bush. ...

Obama Preserves Our Way Of Life (Mickey Z.)

Nov. 23, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Awakened by the muffled, distant howls of slaughtered Indians, Uncle Sam rises from his bed and hits the light switch… blissfully, purposefully unaware of how vall ...

Obama and the Great Depression (Mickey Z.)

Nov. 19, 2008 (World News Trust) -- No, I don’t mean that Great Depression. I’m talking about the inevitable moment -- maybe next week, maybe next year -- when the Kool Aid wears off and the Obamatro ...

News Flash: Obama hypnotizes Zinn (Mickey Z.)

Nov. 22, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Let’s say the New York Times hired a charismatic black man in his late 40s to run the newspaper and this popular man promised change. And let’s say I wrote an arti ...

Some things are bigger than any of us (Mickey Z.)

“One of the good things about everything being so fucked up—about the culture being so ubiquitously destructive -- is that no matter where you look -- no matter what your gifts, no matter where your ...

Driving Mister Barack (Mickey Z.)

Nov. 12, 2008 (World News Trust) -- As you know, the Empire has selected a new emperor. The Mafia has chosen a new don. The corporation has hired a new CEO. Are you brimming with hope yet? Read on…